1. They cannot be Republicans.
2. They should not be Republicans.
3. It's time to ride them out of the Party.
Thanks for the ping Stainlessbanner.
First, I don't look at the WBTS in a judgemental context. As a Georgian, I hold no grudge against Sherman or Lincoln, nor the thousands of Union soldiers whose graves inhabit the ground around here. Because I would want the same from an ancestor of one of those union soldiers that one of my ancestors may have killed.
No matter who we feel was right or wrong, nothing is to be gained by insulting long dead men.
That being said, Mr. "Wizard", without southern conservatives, there is no GOP majority or President.